5 Simple Ideas for Arranging Spring Flowers at Home

Beautiful spring flower arrangements in any size can bring so much joy! There are many ways to enjoy colorful tulips, yellow daffodils, and pansies. This time of year, you may have daffodils popping up in your garden, or for just a few dollars, you can buy a bunch at Trader Joe’s or any grocery store. Today, I’m sharing ways to arrange spring flowers without using a traditional vase. 

1. Use old or repurposed bottles for arranging spring flowers

I have a collection of old bottles I’ve brought home from our travels in Europe and wherever we go. If I see an interesting bottle, I’ll probably buy it even if I don’t particularly want what’s inside. I have an Orangina bottle from the 1980s (although I do love an Orangina). I bought it at one of the cafes in the Louvre and stuffed it in my bag. I have been using it for different flowers ever since. It’s perfect for a few spring blooms on the kitchen counter. 

Arranging spring flowers on the dining table or kitchen table

A simple way to create a perfect floral arrangement with flowers from the grocery store, the farmer’s market, or the garden is to line the table with bottles and pop in a stem or two. I prefer one color for monochromatic arrangements, especially with colorful tablecloths and dishes. 

After the party, you can add bottles to every surface, from the coffee table and side tables to the bathroom counter. I love having seasonal flowers all over the house.

2. Make a gorgeous spring flower arrangement using kenzan

Kenzan is a sustainable, reusable alternative to floral foam used for ikebana flower displays. The brass pins are strong enough for woody stems and will also hold tender stems from smaller flowers. In this small arrangement, I used the yellow daffodils as the focal flowers, and used chamomile and and a few woody pussy willow branches and some foraged twigs.

I only started using a flower frog last year. They are so easy to use. You place it in a pot, a bowl, or a cup and then fill it by sticking in branches and flowers in a way that makes you happy! Add water and place it where you will enjoy your creation.

Here is what I added to my spring flower arrangement

• Start with a vessel (I used a shallow bowl about 6″ in diameter and only about 1.5″ deep)
• Add a flower frog
• I added a branch with some moss that I found in my yard
• A few small branches from a birch tree that I picked up on a recent walk
• 3 – 5 daffodil stems
• 3 – 5 pussy willow branches
• 2 -3 chamomile stems

3. Make air-dry clay flower frogs

I recently made these air-dry clay flower frogs. They are easy to make, and the project didn’t take more than 30 minutes. You can read this post on making simple air-dry clay flower frogs you can put on top of your vase or jar to display tender fresh blooms like pansies in the spring or my favorite flower, cosmos, in the summer. 

Here are the minimal supplies you’ll need

• Air-dry clay
• Rolling pin
• Round cookie cutters of various sizes
• A sturdy straw for poking holes in the clay (I used one from a Dunkin’ Donuts drink)
• Baking sheet with parchment paper for drying the clay in the oven

4. Arranging spring flowers in a bowl

Sometimes, flower stems break, and all that’s left is the bloom. It’s hard to throw away a lovely flower. I had a few pansies with broken stems, so I put them in a small Tiffany crystal bowl and then added a votive candle. This is a small but easy way to use flowers without stems. You could use a shallow bowl, too. 

5. Add colorful blooms to your flower wall or shelf

We made this flower wall as a plant propagation wall a few years ago. And since making it, I have loved using it to display seasonal flowers when not propagating plants. It is perfect for daffodils and tulips, but it’s also great with larger flowers like peonies and hydrangeas. 

If you don’t have a wall like this, line bottles or similar vases on a shelf to hold longer stems of any flower. Having several flower vases or bottles with flowers is a striking display over a more traditional vase of blooms. 

If you enjoyed reading 5 Simple Ideas on Arranging Spring Flowers at Home, you may also like these posts on flower arranging

• Spring centerpiece for a dining room table
• 15-minute spring centerpiece
• How to make a rustic tulip bouquet